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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1939
Page
6
St Pauls worship at 10 a m with church school at 11 a m Mrs Hed Klingman superintendent Myria Church school at 10 a m I F Shaffer superintendent Worship 11 15 a m Union Church service 7 30 p m All are welcome without a church home J C Warton pastor.
Sunday morning worship at 10 o clock and Sunday school at 11. Watch night service 9 to 12 with a baptismal service in the first hour. Women's Missionary Society meets Wednesday Jan 3 at 2 pm. Prayer service at 5 pm and chair rehearsal at 9 pm. Clifton Kohler visiting Postville and L. O. Koevenig home. Various Christmas visits and dinners noted among local residents and church members.
In the District Court of Fayette County Iowa notices announce the probate hearings for the last will and testament of Edwin H Bauman and George H Kiple both late of the county. The notices dated December 1939 set hearings in January 1940 in West Union before the District Court for admission to probate. Clerks Herbert D Klammer and Ruby Boyle sign the notices.
Bids for coal to fuel the 1939 1940 school year will be received by the secretary of the Elgin Independent School District at the Elgin State Bank office in Elgin Iowa up to January 9 1940. Bids specify No 6 Seam Western Kentucky 14 inch prepared stoker coal to be delivered as needed. Preference given to Iowa produced coal. The board may accept or reject bids. Specifications by writing the secretary B J Baumgartner Elgin Iowa. Community notices and faculty holiday travel follow.
A flurry of holiday gatherings fills homes across the region. Mr. and Mrs. M W Kipie host dinner with Jim Yearous family guests, and Kenneth Evans visits from Lake Park for Christmas vacation. Numerous reunions follow, including Torkelsons, Yenneys, and Baumgartners with extended relatives from West Union, Fayette, Oelwein, and Janesville. Several families attend church, travel to Fayette, or host meals with friends and neighbors across the county.
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